Verb: popularize 'pó-pyu-lu,rIz
- Cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use
"They popularized coffee in Washington State";
- popularise [Brit], vulgarize, vulgarise [Brit]
- Make understandable to the general public
"Carl Sagan popularized cosmology in his books";
- popularise [Brit]
Derived forms: popularizes, popularized, popularizing
Type of: broadcast, circularise [Brit], circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, gear, pass around, pitch, propagate, spread
Encyclopedia: Popularize